🙋‍♀️ FAQ

Why is World Emoji Day on July 17?

July 17 is the one date that is shown in its own emoji. Famously displayed in the 📅 Calendar Emoji, this makes July 17 the perfect date for 🌏 World Emoji Day.

Why does the Calendar Emoji show July 17?

This is the date that iCal for Mac was first announced at MacWorld Expo in 2002. We now use this for World Emoji Day.

Who created World Emoji Day?

🌍 World Emoji Day was created by Emojipedia founder Jeremy Burge in 2014. 📙 Emojipedia is the custodian of this global holiday and responsible for this very website.

Emojipedia serves over 25 million emoji lookups each month and we spend our time updating 📃 emoji definitions, tracking emoji 🔄 changes, and keeping the world informed about the latest emoji additions and ✅ approvals.

What is the purpose of World Emoji Day?

We 💖 love emojis. You 💙 love emojis. Let’s 🎉 celebrate them! The purpose of 🌎 World Emoji Day is to promote the use emojis and spread the 😋 enjoyment that they bring to all of those 👬👫👭 around us. Emojis are for all of us.